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Martinsburg daily gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1887-1887, 1887-06-14

gomething has made tie world 20 changed.
Something 4 lost from field and slEy;
And the earth and sun ere sadly estTanged.
And the songs Of nature seem turned TO cry.
Yet heard my hlifhs little neighbor ten
How fair Is the Spring TO zee.
All, well,
Perhaps the change = IN me.
Something has gone from your smile. sweetheart;
Something miss from your look, your tone.
Though you stand quite near we are still apart;
You may clasp me close. but feel alone.
Yet over and over your love you tell.
And as You say. Il must be.
All, wen.
Perhaps the change ID In me.
Albion NJ Fellows In Frank Leslieb.
Martinsburg daily gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1887-1887, 1887-06-14
HANGING Of TnE GAMBLERS.
How vicksburg was Made = High Grade
Moral City.

How vicksburg Was Made . High Grade
Moral City.
Ever hear OF the hanging Of the gam
blers at Vicksburg?' inquired Capt.
Oglesby of q reporter, at the congress Of
ancients, as those worthless gathered in
the usual hebdomadal session. "I'll tell
you about it. As piece Of amateur mu-
nicipal justice it took high rank in its day.
To begin at the beginning have got to
go back to Natchez. That place was, In
its day, the most beautiful upon the Mis-
sissippi river between New Orleans and
st. Louis It is ON bluff 200 feet high,
called the North Chickasaw bluff. It
was before the war the home of wealth,
many rich planters living there. These
men owned large cotton plantations in
Mississippi, others had great sugar planta-
lions in Louisiana. Up in the city the So
ciety was polished and aristocratic. There
was little bottom next the river, and
under the bluff d narrow strip where
there was a large business done in the
way Of merchandising Of various kinds,
commission and cotton shipping.
tSilver street, next the bluff, between
that and>the water, was occupied by
whisky sellers, gambling houses, dance,
houses and other bad resorts. This bluff
had been gradually settling for three or
four years. Every now and then there
would be a landslide. In 1894 q great
slide made it necessary for the Silver
street occupants to seek other aaunts.
The gamblers and the other disreputable
denizcns went to VicksbErs., which had
up to that time been rather an orderly
town and desirable place to live iii. After
the arrival Of tho gamblers Vicksburg be-
gan to be notorious through it's new pop
ulation. Many outrages were committed.
1t came to such pass that the good citi-
zens of Vicksburg held public meeting
to correct the abuses. Al committee, with
DR.. Bodley at the head, prominent
gentleman, esteemed by every one, visited
the gambling houses and whisky shops.
| Hand bills had been posted O.. .ering the
| gamblers to leave tie town inside OF tWene
| ty-four hours.
'sWhen the committee appeared fight
! took place, in which Dr. Bodley was
| killed and ts-o or three other citizens
badly wounded This murder aroused
| the most intense feeling and the highest
| excitement. I do lot think mob was
ever organized in q shorter time. Five
! gamblers who were most prominent in
the attack that resulted in murder were
taken mp on the hfll ard all swung mp.
| It was a great day for Judge Lynch.
When they were dead they were taken
down and thrown into graves at the foot
of the gallows, quantity OF their gam
bling implements being thrown into the
ditch and buried with them. The lynch.
ers then took an old scow, and, rafting
j ten or dozen more gamblers upon i VIC
i were not directly connected with the mar
der, pushed it out into the Mississippi
without oar or pole Of any kind and sci
them adrift. The remaining gamt:ars
left the town in great haste, glad to es
cape with their lives, and for many !:
long year thereafter Vicksburg was noted
as high grade moral town. n-In dianap
oils Journal.
Martinsburg daily gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1887-1887, 1887-06-14
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branches Special attention given 10
copying old pictures 10 any size de
sired Fhotos from 81. 90 per doz UP.
Picture frames of all styles cheaner
than ever at Cunningham Photo Cal
1ery over Nat. Bank.
You just ought to see those large ba-
lnanas at H. NJ. HERRINC's.
Gasoline Oil Stoves, and Gasoline
Oil always kept on hand, at
c. HI WoLFEs IS Queen u.
Iust received, a full line Of Daisy Oil
Stoves. at {. II. WoLFEs',
IS Queen St
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Ifyou are fond Of a good cup Of Tea,
call al II. N. Herring's. The finest
in the city.
Martinsburg daily gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1887-1887, 1887-06-14
TUESDAY, JUNE IA, 1887
l0GaA NAe>SlS.-

The closing exercises Of the
Berkeley Female Seminary will
take place June 10Th.
Mr.. Jno. Hawk, Of Randolph
Macon College, Va, is spending
his vacation at home.
Prof. p. R. Reynolds, Of the W.
Va. University, at Morgantown,
spent last Sunday in our city and
preached an interesting sermon
in the Baptist Church.
Rev. f. p Robertson, pastor
OF the First Baptist Church of this
place, preached an interesting
sermon at Leetown last Sunday.
He will preach at Mt. Zion. Sun
day next.
In the slow race at Hagerstown
only three men -out OF eight
reached the line. A. l.. Martin,
Of this place reaching first, and
the only non-winner that kept
upon his machine, the other two
reaching last won the prizes:
Mr.. A. Il. Martin and George
Myers, in company with four
wheelmen Of Winchester, left Ha-
gerstown at AS i. m. to-day,
and arrived here at 6:45, deduct
ing stops and ferry crossings.
Actual time Of run was ! hour
and 35min.
One Of the most pleasing events
!. OF the season is Nthe exhibition
given to the patrons Of q. L.
Grove, by the aCerealine' Co.
Quite concourse Of ladies and
gentlemen witnessed the cooking
Of, and better still tasted the
delicious. pastries, which arose
like magic under the skillful man
ipulation Of the jolly cook, Mr.
Fred Knote. AS lar as nutrition
is concerned "Cerealine Flake
is indeed the food of foods, being
prepared from the pure Whit
Indian maze and containing NJ
chemicals whatever. 1t will re
pay any lady to attend, for the,
will surely receive some valuable
points in the science Of cooking
One of the most interesting sight
lis the scute" oil stove on which
the cooking is done. The ladie
will surely fall in love with them
The exhibition will continue q
Mr.. Groves to-day, and all tn
ladies will be expected to atten'
and taste the quality OF sCerea
line in its varied forms Of Mui
fins, Waffies, Croquetts, PuddiRgs
etc.
Martinsburg daily gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1887-1887, 1887-06-14
LADIES BE WA RE !.

Don't Souander Yonr Cash Get
Pair tsf Opera sTce ssslifrefS for s9cs BIZ.
4 pair of Fvers fay Pl.s, 4 4 hoes
S1.2s. Try 0nri l.criiiat lid Fr.te
Sfees frr s. q. & IL ,eit Gomfo5
Hardse ne Fit for SEES Wit ~
lsuaTan,e1a Shoes for IL rs. !. III
nair If not. a.:siac eTv worth Se Asf
have ladies | liecs fsa Yours LasiiSS
L ia a,'ifs Middle Agt,i i.sssieS. Ma.
RI ss4ieS. Siltgis apd II TACT, fer IL.
Ladits. cs r. HEtlsI. Il q os,
Ladies hoes A s.sSia:ity
Martinsburg daily gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1887-1887, 1887-06-14
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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-05-19
Queen Kaplolani En- Route.
New York Star.

Her Most Gracious Majesty Kapiolani,
the Queen of the Sandwich Islands, the
noble consort of Kalakaua l., passed
through New York last night on her way
to take part in that extraordinary show,
Queen Victoria'o jubilee, in London. On
her arrival in England she will be the
guest of the Gulphs. She is a fat woman,
wearing bracelets and diamonds, and
white people are permitted to speak to
her through her forth secretary.
The Queen of the Sandwiches and her
suite, which includes General Dominis of
the Sandwich Islands militia, the Princess
Royal, his spouse, and several other Sand
wichers, left Washington at O'Clock yes
terday afternoon on the Boston express
train. They occupied Pullman special
car, the Cadiz, which they had all to them
selves, and which was paid for out of the
revenues. A great many Maryland and
Pennsylvania colored folks cane to the
station to catch glimpse of the woman
of their own tint who wears crown.
Thompson street was on the qui yive all
day, and hurried arrangements for pub
lie reception were made there.
At 9:35 o'clock last night the train roll
led into the Pennsylvania Railroad stat
ion in Jersey city. The Pullman car
Cadiz was switched off on a side track,
bowled aboard the ferryboat Maryland,
and toted up the East River TO the annex
ed district, where it was hitched, on to a
New York, New Haven and Boston train
and taken to the Hub, where it arrived at
O'Clock this morning. A delegation of
seven representative Bostonians escorted
the Sandwich Queen IN her journey.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-05-19
Wilhur Voted AVG.

Everybody in Dakota knows Wilbur F.
Steele. He was member of the legisla-
ture from Steele county. There is an in
cident i'll Steele's legislative career t!.at
goes very far to show his characteristic
regard for his wife. He has one fault,
however. He takes no stock in woman
suffrage when he is obliged to.
On the OCCASION i'll question, the woman
suffrage bill was before the house. Mayor
Pickley was championing the cause of the
fair sex in eloquent words when a call
was made for vote and the clerk pro-
ceeded to call the roll. When Steele's
name was reached be rose with the dig
nifty of Demosthenes and then COM
menced:
"Mr. speaker, am sorry that I can not
support this bill, but"
At that moment we'll dressed lady was
seen to bend over the gallery rail. In a
loud voice she exclaimed:
"W-i-l-b-erW
He glanced upward. 1t was enough.
He turned and said:
"Mr. speaker, vote aye"
The lady was Steeles wife.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-05-19

ana there they receive very fair price
Ior tnelr clothing. The cheap dude that
stands on Chestnut street curb stones
ana meanders dolefully up and down,
wondering all day when something is go
ing TO happen to make it rich, so it can
enjoy life like other "chaps," or waiting
Tor some heiress to fall in love with its
shape, is the one that enriches ssFwank,o
Ihls branch of the genus dudii'' seldom
mas more than dollar at one time, but
IL must make an appearance. So it goes
10 II wank," and there it can get one Of
those dlckey stop" coats for 10 cent. the
nrse hour and five cents an hour after.
on Saturdays and Sundays the price is
raised Oh per cent. Dress suits are hired
IN the evening TO, 40 cents. 1t often
makes them go broke for week on these
occasions. Trousers can be hired for
from to cents an hour. No security
Is required. On Saturdays ..Fwankn BUYS
Oh lot stock of flowers and hires them
out In lots ranging from to 5 cents an
hour.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-05-19
Tributes to SAKE.

His recent death makes appropriate the
republication of two poetic tributes to the
great humorist, written at widely different
tirnes-as well as il widely different veins
by the Rev. DR.. Percival.
The first was written only about year ago,
and published in the Century of June last.
The second was published thirty-five years
ago, in the old Louisville Journal, during the
halcyon days of its celebrated editor, the
well-known wit, politician, and poet, George
ID. Prentice.
TO JOHN G. sAxE-1Ss6.
O genial SAKE whose radiant wit
Flashed like the lightning from the sky:
But, though each flash as keenly hit,
Wounded but what deserved to die
Alasl the cloud that shrouds thy day
In gathering darkness, fold on fold,
Serves not as background for the play
Of those bright CLEANS that charmed Of CID ;
For from its depths whose terrors hide,
There crashed bolt of dreadful tone;
Scattered the household treasures wide,
And left thee silent, bruised, alone!
We miss thy song this pleasant May:
And in the meadows pause to think;
"What If, amid their bright array,
We heard no voice of bobolink!'
Yet charms not now his blithesome lay,
Nor dowery mead, in verdure clad;
The world that laughed when thou vert gay,
Now weeps to know that thou art sad.
SAXON EPIGRAMs; OR, EPIGRAMs ON SAKE
1852
Dame Wit is like a coffee-planter,
Whose frugal hand is never lax.
whatever crop the seasons grant her,
She puts it all away in SAKE!
Whoever the wine of wit would drink
Of SaXe's fiagon smackS on.
Wherever the AngloSaxons think
They think New England SAKE on.
But though, with q new and sparkling
ZeSt,
His racy wit is quaffed at,
I'm sorry the truth must be confessed;
Wherever it's drank tbs laughed at!
".
That we have many sacks is true
AS wool-sacks, four-sacks, and pea-sacks;
And we have sacks of poets too,
But only one John G.. SAKE.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-05-19
A Model Husband.
Omaha World

Eastern Dame-Yes, this is the first
time I have been in Omaha since my
daughter married and settled here. I
wish you would tell me how she and her
husband get along. I can never make
out anything from her letters, she is so
secretive. 1 know if she has any troubles
she hides them from me.
Omaha Dame-Her husband is very
nice man, indeed.
"I am glad you think so.'
eyes, Clara always was light tempered,
YOU know, but no matter how ugly she
gets he always answers pleasantly, and
one evening when was there he brought
home some zephyr she had asked for, and
it wasn't the right shade at all, and she
called him perfect brute, and flung the
the teapot at him, and hit him with the
poker, and then threw herself down on
the floor and kicked and scratched as if
she'd take the roof off, and all he said to
her was: I'm afraid you will overexert
yourself, my darling"
s'Well, 1 guess that taught her les
son."
II hope 500
Eyes, poor child, next time she'll know
better than to send a man to match
zephyrs."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-05-19
Not Sarah
NOU cdl Oil
Detroit Free Press.

A messenger boy who came up Lafay-
cite avenue the other day found a young
man waiting for him at Shelby street,
and when the boy halted he was anx-
iously asked:
'Well, did you deliver the basket of
fowers?"
''Of course"
'sDid she smile?"
''Not bit.''
''She didn't? She must have seen the
card"
ooh, yes, she read that the first thing,
and then she called the cook into the hall
and told her to heave the basket into the
back yard"
sGreat Scots! But could that have
been my Sarah"
"Oh, no, sir. 1t was your Sarah's
mother.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-05-19
A Curious Coincidence.

He was an exile, poor fellow, and Glad
to meet man who knew of the parts
from whence he hailed
"Yes, sir" he said, ST lived in New
York myself for four years."
"And then you went to Milwaukee?n
'Yes, sir; that's where landed next
Strange TO say, it was that city l
struck myself after leaving New York
Fine town, Milwaukee,
Eyes; l was quite sorry to leave there,
but business ere long carried me to-
Denver
Eyes, sir, you're right, Denver. Now,
there's a booming city-regular stem
w1nder. Ever been to Denver?"
Eyes, stree. Denver is a pretty slick
sort of place. Didn't stay there long,
?"
Just few days, but long enough to
become quite in love with the city. I
went to Kansas after leaving there''
Kansas referring to his note book.l
Yes, that's right, you were just twelve
hours ahead of me there"
'Well, seems to me stranger, we have
travelled pretty much over the same
ground. Curious coincidence, amt it?"
'Ye-es, It's a trife funny, mate, but the
best of the joke has to follow. We now
go to New York. After all New York is
the only place worth living in. ANY OBJ
jections to exchange cards? There's
mine"
1t reads:
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-05-19
Clothes by the Hour.
Philadelphia Times.

can! Chap! Is that one of Fwank's said
one of those beings that give strong rea-
son to believe in the Darwinian theory
yesterday afternoon on Chestnut street.
The object addressed was quite as nice
an "if'' as the one that spoke, and the
cause of the remark was one of those
coats intended for the spring trade but
cut short in its growth by the continued
cold weather.
s'Yahs, deah boy. Ye see, its bloomin'
cold ter-day and I made date with
fairy to walk ter-day, and had to do it,
me boy"
"How hawd did he stwike ye, chappie?"
Seventeen cents till five O'Clock, an
5 cents an hawh aftah, but I must be
back, We know, and the posey costs 2
cents an howh, an [ could only bowah
a quawtaw fwom my little situh." Then
they parted. At o'clock "Chappie"
was seen coming down the street. He
turned off Chestnut street at Twelfth and
went few doors, rang bell, and entered
a house. The stroller followed it. In
nicely furnished back room was seated a
we'll dressed youth ABOUT 81 years of age.
He turned out to be ''Fwank." All aronnd
the room we're hung garments of sill
shades and kinds, but all wore of the
latest english cut" Here Chappie"
carefully took off his coat, after remov-
ing the rose that nestled in the upper
button hole. The bill was % cents.
s'What calm 1 do faw ye, Chappie?"
was "Fwank's" salution as soon as the
wind had opened the door and cleared
the room.
swell. this 'chappie' doesn't want any
thing, except to know a little bit about
this industry of yours. Where do you
get these clothes hanging around here,
and is your business fiourishing sue
cesss?"
At first there was an apparent 1nd1s-
position to answer, but it didn't take
long to make up the little mind poss-
essed, and a few startling facts were dew
eloped. The details will not however,
be told in the silly lingo of the inform
er.
The establishment has been In exist
ence nearly two years, and has been
growing rapidly ever since its organize.
ten. The proprietor buys all kinds OF
fashionable clothing from slender dudes
whose fathers give them plenty. When
they get hard up they go to "Fwank's"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-05-19

Findlay, Foster, Tifin, Carey and Ere
mont by the hundreds, and new nanufac-
turing establishments are being located
daily in one or the other of these towns.
The people are alive to the importance
of their magnificent gas and oil wells,
and the most liberal inducements are
held out to manufacturers seeking loca-
tions." The real estate speculation that
attends on such a period of excitement
is illustrated by the fact that a farm of
100 acres, near Findlay, which could have
been bought a few weeks ago for $50 an
acre, has just been sold for $330,oo0.
The situation in Lower California is
very bad. The peninsula has ordinarily
a very light rainfall, and during the last
hot season none fell. Cattle are dying
and famine threatens the people. Gov
eminent has increased their distress. The
most important industries. the pearl
fisheries, the cultivation and expectation
of orchilla and other branches of bust
ness, which were the chief resources of
the people, are now under a system of
government contracts, granted as monop-
Olles to a few capitalists, reducing the
masses to condition of abject poverty
and dependence. The expectation was
that these contracts would develop tie
country and benefit the laboring classes,
but the grantees, with few exceptions,
have done nothing, and the people are
deprived of the means of subsistence.
Senator Edmunds received letter late
ly from a little Savannah girl who had
read in newspaper that he had ways of
his own for making soups and calvesfoot
jelly. She wrote to him for information,
lncloslng sprig of jessamine, and got
the following rewly: Dear little Miss
have your note with the pretty jessa-
mine flowers. With the trustfulness of
youth you believe what the newspapers
print, but they have misled you in this
instance. I do not know how to make
soup or calvesfoot jelly. I sometimes
think I know how to make briefs and
laws, that, like soup, are sometimes di-
gestible, and, I fear, sometimes not.
Cookery is real art, and hope you will
learn it perfectly, and grow up to be a
true American woman, knowing how to
do everything that makes home hap
py."
An ingenious Yankee once got permits
sion from the Michigan Southern railroad
to go through its night cars with head
rest which he offered, for fifty cents, to
screw on the hack of passengers seat.
1t took very well, and the Yankee found
that good many people were willing to
pay simply for the luxury of q head-rest
George M. Pullman saw the thing. set
tied at onco in his mind that it was
good thing, and bought out tha4 Yankee
and his patents. He had for time the
same privileges that the original Yankee
had, and then asked that an old car be
set aside for him to make experiments
with. The Pullman Palace Car company
whose $20,0O00O0 stock is selling above
$50, and whose surplus is now figured at
$1o,0OO,O00 shows how well Pullman
worked up the idea of the headrest.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-05-19

The Philadelphia Bookseller says:
Limp-leather binding is used largely
in devotional books, closing tightly
and shutting them in as if slipped into
a leather bag. 1t is looked upon as a
new device, when in fact it is relic of
the parchment age. The parchment
rolls were put in covering, drawn
like purse-string, carried by the
owner or attached to his girdle. 1t
was the '.book-bag" sometimes seen in
the cuts, held by the string, as the
devout owner pursued her way to
public worship.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-05-19

JEFFERSON DAVIS long undigested worm
is giving him trouble again. 1t has just
moved him tc "caustic review" of Gen
eral Wolseley's "Life of General Lee"
which the great unreconstructed declares
to be romance without any claim to the
title of history" Welseley's chief Of
Tense seems to be that he regards General
Lee as having been ''bi sger man. than
Davis.